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THE steelbands and some fantastic drumming held sway at yesterday’s sessions of the 32nd biennial Music Festival at Queen’s Hall. Under the leadership of veteran Desmond Waithe, the young RIPE Steel Ensembl
Read more…TABANCA FOR TRINI: Calypsonian Robert “Mighty Trini” Elias, right, greets adoring fans yesterday at the Rotary Club of Central PoS luncheon at the Hotel Normandie in St Ann’s. PHOTO BY ROGER JACOB
ROBERT “De Mighty Trini” Elias is not satisfied wit
Read more…Steel pan music in the Caribbean is normally associated with pulsating soca music, large complicated arrangements during Carnival, and the general rhythm and tempo songs people all around the world look forward to when they visit this
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WHILE the streets of East Port of Spain might have seemed like a scene of utter anarchy on Monday, a flower of positivity blooms. Teneisha Campbell is yet another Trinbagonian and a former La Cou Harpe, Observatory
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It is not surprising, and is nothing new, but very unfortunate when the Steelpan, the Panist, and the administrators of the National Instruments of this independent Republican Nation could be taken for granted, misused and abu
Read more…Minister Dr. Nyan Gadsby-Dolly & Minister Shamfa Cudjoe
What were some of the improvements on the cards for next year's celebrations, what are economic benefits that can be derived?
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Trinidadian Teneisha Campbell has had leading roles in other movies, but a cameo appearance as a border tribeswoman in a fight scene between Black Panther and M'Buku has turned out to be the most exciting moment of her career.
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Admittedly, she’s a stern disciplinarian.
And truth be told, it does not really matter to Candice Andrews-Brumant that she is the first female captain o
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Trinidad All Stars won the NLCB (National Lotteries Control Board) Northern Region J’Ouvert Bomb competition on Carnival Monday morning at Victoria Square, Port of Spain.
The 2017 Panorama Champion (Large Band category) played Theme from The Magnifi
Read more…Tobago-born actor Winston Duke, appearing in the eagerly awaited Black Panther movie, on his love of stories and magical realism, how his village childhood shaped his ethos, and his love of soca music
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Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - “I am a Dreamer,” he declared. And he’s got ideas. But, here in Trinidad, Professor Liam Teague does not speak unless spoken to except when he is teaching. You would have to seek knowledge. And it is o
Read more…Mark Lyndersay writes a weekly column for the Newsday.
IT MIGHT be more accurate to ask what Carnival’s stakeholders want, but the reality of 21st century mas is that it is driven by powerful interests, most of which are self-interests.
The NCC has a
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San Fernando Mayor Junia Regrello looks on as corporate secretary of the San Fernando City Corporation Amanda Rangell speaks to reporters during a press conference yesterday.
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WHO gave instructions to prematurely stop the Carnival in the
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THE EDITOR: Following the results, I congratulate all pannists and arrangers for their energy, talent and discipline in producing and executing the wonderful music that leaves us enthralled every Carnival season. We all know that man
Read more…Mayor Junia Regrello found himself in an angry confrontation with police as they tried to shut down carnival celebrations in San Fernando prematurely on Tuesday night, in the middle of a steel band’s performance at a competition
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